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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday, after dodging a nasty finish sprint crash that took down Mark Cavendish, Mark Cavendish, Heinrich Haussler and Tom Boonen, among others.

Neben looks at the coach-athlete relationship

A tall reader asks why tall bikes often just look — and ride — so wrong.

Tongues are wagging that Alberto Contador looks vulnerable after he couldn’t dominate the Critérium du Dauphiné, his final test before July’s Tour de France.

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The team was not included in the list of 22 squads invited to the 2010 Vuelta, set to start Aug. 28 in Sevilla. Sixteen teams were already selected, but RadioShack was not among the final six wild-card selections revealed Monday.

Two-time defending champion Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) will open his three-peat attempt Wednesday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota, when the 10th annual Nature Valley Grand Prix kicks off. In the women’s race, the top U.S.-based professionals will battle for the podium step left open by the retirement of 2006-2009 champion Kristin Armstrong.

Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) took advantage of a small field and severe weather Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri, to take home the Tour de Grove title in a shortened men’s race. Laura Van Gilder set foot in town just long enough to solo away from the women’s field, collect her earnings and get back to the airport for a flight home Sunday afternoon.

After a few days of battling headwinds, sleep issues and severe weather that forced him to retreat to his motorhome on Saturday, RAAM solo mens leader Jure Robic has accepted that his quest for a new record is over. Now he just needs to deal with a surging challenger, Austria's Gerhard Gulewicz.

Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) takes the overall lead in the Tour de Suisse as Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) wins stage 3.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 3

Despite heavy pressure from the French cycling community, the highly touted Romain Sicard will not be racing this year’s Tour de France.

A day after netting the Clarendon Cup win with new recruit Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis showed just how deep its talent runs, sweeping the podium at the U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic in Arlington, Virginia.

• 1. Jake Keough, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
• 2. Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
• 3. Karl Menzies, Unitedhealthcare-Maxxis
• 4. Ben Kersten, Fly V-Australia
• 5. Alexey Schmidt, Team Type 1

RadioShack management told Janez Brajkovic not to get his Tour de France hopes too high despite securing his biggest ever stage-race win at the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse as Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) retains the overall lead.

Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) crosses with the bunch to win the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré as Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) solos to victory in the final stage.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 2

Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen has overcome a potentially serious Achilles problem to virtually secure his place in Team Sky's Tour de France squad, according to his team.

Alejandro Valverde has no chance of seeing a lengthy doping ban reduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) if he admits to doping, according to the UCI.

Results from the 2010 Clarendon Cup.

Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) and Brooke Miller (TIBCO-To The Top) take top honors at the 13th annual Clarendon Cup in in Arlington, Virginia.

Nature Valley Pro Ride has finalized its six-rider men and women’s rosters.

Jure Robic is leading the Race Across America despite a bout of stomach upset.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse prologue

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) takes the leader’s jersey at the Delta Tour Zeeland in Holland.

Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) survived a harrowing stage up one of the steepest and hardest climbs in cycling to defend a podium spot at the Critérium du Dauphiné in Saturday’s summit finish up Alpe d’Huez.

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) won the first stage of the Tour du Suisse on Saturday.

Astana's Alberto Contador won atop L'Alpe d'Huez on Saturday as RadioShack's Jani Brajkovic defended his overall lead in the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Start List, 2010 Tour de Suisse

2010 Giro Donne stage 10 results

RAAM Update: Robic holds lead, two Americans in top-5

This Saturday, the modern Merckxes and Gimondis will be contesting a much shorter time trial, over one lap of a hilly circuit on the other side of town, but it could have great significance in the outcome of this Tour de Suisse.

Horner: ‘I will be Lance’s guardian angel’

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VeloNews.com readers will find live daily text reports from the Tour de Suisse, June 12-20. The site also will feature daily race reports, complete results and photo galleries by Graham Watson.

Team RadioShack announces its Tour of Switzerland roster

RadioShack sports director Alain Gallopin says no one can stay with Contador when he is in top form

Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Mauricio Soler is in doubt for next month's race because of a knee problem, his Caisse d'Epargne team said Thursday.

Danny Pate has gone to the Tour de France for the past two years, but he’s not sure if he’s going back for a third.

Four-time RAAM winner Jure Robic is in a familiar position — out in front and pulling away.

Vogondy takes stage at Dauphiné, Brajkovic keeps lead

Cervelo TestTeam directors have released a 12-man pre-selection roster for the Tour de France. The team will make the final nine-man selection before the July 3 Tour start in Rotterdam.

Edvald Boasson Hagen is back from an Achilles injury and hoping for a Tour start with Team Sky

2010 Critérium du Dauphiné results

Once again, the NRC is split between the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest. And another event in Oklahoma will draw the speedsters.

Team Milram on Wednesday, announced six of the nine riders it will bring to the Tour de France next month. The remaining three will be chosen based on their performances at the Criterium du Dauphine, the Tour de Suisse and the riders' respective national championships.

Zack Vestal gives Time's new carbon-sprung I-Clic pedals a spin

The Swiss rider underwent surgery Wednesday. He is being replaced by Portugal's João Correia on the Tour de Suisse team roster.

A bike fitter asks why so many clients require spacers for their left pedal spindles.

RAAM's first starters roll out of Oceanside, California

Brajkovic takes over at Dauphiné

Hilton Clarke, overall winner this year of USA Crits SpeedWeek, has signed with UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis for the remainder of 2010. Clarke, who was released by the Bahati Foundation team last week, will officially join his new team June 10th and will add needed firepower to the UHC sprint train.

Cervelo TestTeam announces its Tour de Suisse squad and reveals more information about Carlos Sastre's injuries.

Slovakia's Peter Velits is all but certain to miss the Tour de France after fracturing his collarbone in a fall on the second stage of the Citérium du Dauphiné on Tuesday.

David Millar concedes finishing on the podium at the week-long Dauphine Criterium would prove a considerable morale boost to his Garmin-Transitions squad ahead of its biggest test of the season next month.

Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) is hoping to cap the first half of his successful debut with a strong showing overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Saxo Bank's Juan Jose Haedo sprinted to victory in the second stage of France's Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré on Tuesday.

Lennard rode the Look Cyclosportive in Nevers, France, and saw Bernard Hinault pedaling a football!

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Cervélo TestTeam has ended speculation about Carlos Sastre's inclusion in this year's Tour de France by telling the former champion to get ready for the July 3-25 event.

A conversation with Mountain Khaki's Neil Bezdek on his first season as a pro.

Haimar Zubeldia's Tour de France campaign is under threat after the Spaniard suffered a fracture in a crash on Monday at the Dauphine Criterium.

Cervélo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd will return to racing Saturday, at the Tour de Suisse, his team announced Monday.

Brian Jensen and Coryn Rivera win the final event of the Tulsa Tough omnium, as Brad Huff and Jennifer Purcell wrap up their overall omnium wins.

Lampre's Grega Bole scored the biggest win of his career after countering Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) to claim the first stage of the Dauphiné Criterium stage race Monday.

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Philly 2010: A Casey B. Gibson gallery

Sparling takes wet Mt. Hood criterium as de Maar seals overall

2010 Philadelphia International Championship results

Matthew Goss finished off the HTC-Columbia double in Philadelphia Sunday afternoon, taking out the bunch sprint from a group of approximately 30 riders at the Philadelphia International Championship. Goss edged Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) for his first Philly win, less than a month after taking a stage at the Giro d'Italia.

Contador wins the prologue in 8:34, while American Tejay Van Garderen is just 2 seconds back in second place.

HTC-Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes her fourth Liberty Classic road race in Philadelphia. Next up Sunday: The TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championships.

Matteo Carrara takes the Tour du Luxembourg as Gorka Izaguirre wins the final stage.

The USA national team finished off the Volta Ciclista Provincia Tarragona in Spain in fine style on Saturday, winning the final stage and taking the second spot overall at the national-event level race.

2010 Liberty Classic results

Jelly Belly's Brad Huff wins his second consecutive race at the Tulsa Tough omnium, and Cari Higgins wins her first.

Kenda Pro Cycling is offering a unique chance to get a spot on the UCI team via an internet competition. Kenda partnered with Strava, an online GPS-based cycling software company, to select a rider for a spot on the 2011 team.